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The long lunar night is a major barrier to the exploration and colonization of the Moon. Extreme temperature fluctuations as well as energy production issues, pose significant challenges. How can we address these issues to ensure that people and equipment can survive the lunar night?
How thermocouples work
youtube.com/watch?v=PccE4WcfnAw
00:00 - Intro
01:45 - What’s the problem?
07:42 - How has it been addressed
20:47 - What to do?
Sources:
Day and Night
moon.nasa.gov/inside-and-out/top-moon-questions
Temperature fluctuations
livescience.com/why-do-deserts-get-cold-at-night.html
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/biome/biodesert.php
guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/greatest-temperature-range-in-day
Temperatures
lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/lithos/LROlitho7temperaturevariation27May2014.pdf
ISS
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast21mar_1
Apollo 11
nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
Apollo 17
nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html
Luna 9
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-09/in-depth
https://scientificrussia.ru/articles/ams-luna-9-pervaya-v-istorii-chelovechestva-myagkaya-posadka-na-lunu
Surveyor 1
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/surveyor-1/in-depth
MLI
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2016/08/Multi-layer_insulation_blankets
Lunokhod
space.com/35090-lunokhod-1.html
https://www.laspace.ru/projects/planets/luna-17/
Apollo 13
spacesafetymagazine.com/aerospace-engineering/nuclear-propulsion/will-anyone-recover-apollo-13s-plutonium
How to survive
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032063310003065
doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.024
space.com/moon-missions-artemis-challenges-overnight
Regolith
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Surviving_the_long_dark_night_of_the_Moon
ltu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1039969/FULLTEXT02.pdf
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19930007428/downloads/19930007428.pdf
https://denning.atmos.colostate.edu/readings/lunar.regolith.heat.transfer.pdf
RTGs
rps.nasa.gov/about-rps/overview
https://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/power/1-what-are-rtgs.html
MMRTG
rps.nasa.gov/power-and-thermal-systems/power-systems
Mild temperatures
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/places-on-moon-where-its-always-sweater-weather
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099710
Chang'e 4
indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/change-4-survives-first-lunar-night-wakes-up-to-minus-190-degrees-centigrade-5564555
spacenews.com/change-4-spacecraft-enter-lunar-nighttime-china-planning-future-missions-cooperation
Orbital mirrors
iflscience.com/there-s-a-surprisingly-affordable-way-to-power-lunar-bases-without-storage-66003
Bricks
https://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/science/powering-a-moon-base/
Poles
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/moonPoles
The long lunar night is a major barrier to the exploration and colonization of the Moon. Extreme temperature fluctuations as well as energy production issues, pose significant challenges. How can we address these issues to ensure that people and equipment can survive the lunar night?
How thermocouples work
youtube.com/watch?v=PccE4WcfnAw
00:00 - Intro
01:45 - What’s the problem?
07:42 - How has it been addressed
20:47 - What to do?
Sources:
Day and Night
moon.nasa.gov/inside-and-out/top-moon-questions
Temperature fluctuations
livescience.com/why-do-deserts-get-cold-at-night.html
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/biome/biodesert.php
guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/greatest-temperature-range-in-day
Temperatures
lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/lithos/LROlitho7temperaturevariation27May2014.pdf
ISS
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast21mar_1
Apollo 11
nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html
Apollo 17
nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html
Luna 9
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-09/in-depth
https://scientificrussia.ru/articles/ams-luna-9-pervaya-v-istorii-chelovechestva-myagkaya-posadka-na-lunu
Surveyor 1
solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/surveyor-1/in-depth
MLI
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2016/08/Multi-layer_insulation_blankets
Lunokhod
space.com/35090-lunokhod-1.html
https://www.laspace.ru/projects/planets/luna-17/
Apollo 13
spacesafetymagazine.com/aerospace-engineering/nuclear-propulsion/will-anyone-recover-apollo-13s-plutonium
How to survive
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032063310003065
doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.024
space.com/moon-missions-artemis-challenges-overnight
Regolith
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Surviving_the_long_dark_night_of_the_Moon
ltu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1039969/FULLTEXT02.pdf
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19930007428/downloads/19930007428.pdf
https://denning.atmos.colostate.edu/readings/lunar.regolith.heat.transfer.pdf
RTGs
rps.nasa.gov/about-rps/overview
https://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/power/1-what-are-rtgs.html
MMRTG
rps.nasa.gov/power-and-thermal-systems/power-systems
Mild temperatures
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/places-on-moon-where-its-always-sweater-weather
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099710
Chang'e 4
indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/change-4-survives-first-lunar-night-wakes-up-to-minus-190-degrees-centigrade-5564555
spacenews.com/change-4-spacecraft-enter-lunar-nighttime-china-planning-future-missions-cooperation
Orbital mirrors
iflscience.com/there-s-a-surprisingly-affordable-way-to-power-lunar-bases-without-storage-66003
Bricks
https://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/science/powering-a-moon-base/
Poles
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/moonPoles
